House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1315.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1315, Blue Collar and Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019” on September 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 17, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55601
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1315, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 33, February 22, 2019, Page H2047):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 22, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1315, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d018bc33b4d8104fa4c28f53eb9ca4a02c0b29c90b3b4d644ea513a11cc31bc
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1315, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), A. McEachin (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 35 (116th) Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- H.R. 362 (116th) Energy Emergency Leadership Act
- H.R. 2114 (116th) Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019
- H.R. 1499 (116th) Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019
- H.R. 3432 (116th) Safer Pipelines Act of 2019
- H.R. 3975 (116th) Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.